Since it was my dream to debut within Hello! Project, I'm very happy.[1]

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–Dambara Ruru, June 2017

Dambara Ruru (段原瑠々) is a second generation member of Juice=Juice under Hello! Project. She initially joined Hello! Project as an Hello Pro Kenshuusei on September 22, 2013 and was formally introduced on December 7, 2013 alongside six other girls.

When asked why she wanted to join Morning Musume, she replied that when she would go to their concerts, the members seemed to shine and she thought "Ah, I want to do that too!".

She says she wants to do solos. She wants to convey her energy to the people listening to her singing and for them to be moved.

When asked who she aspires to be like in Hello! Project, she said Sayashi Riho. She sees her as a "dai-senpai," and says that her dance isn't even comparable to Sayashi's. Upon joining Hello Pro Kenshuusei, she wants to work hard to get even a little bit more closer to her(in terms of aspiring to be like her).

Before her first Kenshuusei performance, she was nervous, because she had spent most of her time in lessons just watching herself and others, but now other people were going to be watching her. She was happy seeing the audience wave their glowsticks in time with their dance.

Tsunku's comments: "You can't call yourself a pro if you don't have both the rhythm and a heart-felt song down. You can't just be good, you need to feel the more subtle rhythms and include emotions, so I want you to try copying more and more of the world's best singers to get to that point. Memorize everything about all the female singers you can."

According to an interview with JUNON in July 2014, Dambara hopes on getting a red member color.

^ Prior to 2018, her name was romanized as "Danbara Ruru." On March 30, 2018, she made a blog stating that her last name will officially be romanized as "Dambara" 2018 onwards. She states that it'll be easier for international fans to read and that it's also the romanization the official government uses.[21]